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No. 314,149. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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JAMES A. PETTES, OF GRAND MANAN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CA ADA.

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@JTEQCIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 314,149, dated M'arch 17, 1885.

Application filed June 14, 1834. (X model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. Pnr'rns, of Grand Manan, in the Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, haveinvented a new and Improved Anchor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this inventionis to provide the line 00 a; of- Fig. 1.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the shank of the anchor; b b, the flukes, and c 0 represent the arms rigidly attached to or cast integral with the head 0, which is pivoted to the shank a by the pins or rivets d d. The head 0 is by preference made circular and hollow, in the form of an elliptical ring, and serves,primarily,as a double-acting stop acting against the shank a,to limit the pivoted movement of the arms and fluke of the anchor upon both sides of the shank, so that they will always stand at the proper pitch. The head 0 also serves as a rolling surface to turn the anchor, so that the flukes will enter the bottom no matter how the anchor may lie, and also as an additional hold, which is especially useful in a soft bottom, for as the flukes and arms enter the mud the sharp curved edges 6 i (one or the other of them) will hold in the mud at a point back of and between the flukes and arms, thus greatly increasing the holding force of the anchor. The shank a is by preference divided at its lower end to form the arms 6 6, through which the bolts or rivets d d pass, and these arms are extended past the rivets, and are formed at their ends with the outwardly projecting lugs jj. At j j the head 0 is recessed to form the shoulders f f,against which the lugsjj come, so that theselugs and shoulders f serve to relieve the pins or rivets d of excessive strain.

Constructed as described, no stock is required upon the upper end of the shank a to bring the flukes and arms to position, and

with this anchor, there being no stock, there is no danger of fouling, and the anchor is perfectly reliable,since, owing to the shape of the head 0, it cannot strike in any position but what a slight draft at the ring 9 of the shank will bring the flukes and arms into position for entering the bottom. Besides, the anchor is comparatively cheap and will occupy comparatively small space upon the'deck or other part of the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The anchor with its shank provided at the lower end with lateral stops or lugs, in

combination wit-h the head having the arms and flukes, said stops or lugs bearing against the rear side of the head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an anchor, the shank provided at its -lower end with laterally-inclined arms, said arms having lateral stops or lugs, in combination with the open head'having arms and flukes, substantiallyns and for the purpos set forth.

3. In an anchor, the shank with its lower e 1d provided with laterally-inclined arms having lateral stops or lugs, in combination with the open head having arms and flukes and sharp edges, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an anchor, the shank with its lower end provided with lateral stops or lugs, in combination with the open head having arms and flukes and shoulders, the latter being formed of recesses made in the rear side of said head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAS. A. PETTES.

Witnesses:

R. B. CLARK, G. F. RAYE. 

